Harvesting the inferior epigastric artery through a transverse suprapubic incision.

Autor: da Costa Rocha B; Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil, Succi JE, Dauar RB, Kiyose AT, Puig LB, de Oliveira SA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Annals of thoracic surgery [Ann Thorac Surg] 2003 Nov; Vol. 76 (5), pp. 1749-50.
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(03)00443-0
Abstrakt: The inferior epigastric artery has been used as an alternative arterial conduit in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Its harvesting requires a single or double, long abdominal paramedian incision that is technically difficult and does not yield a good cosmetic result. We describe an alternative new approach to one or both inferior epigastric arteries through a transverse suprapubic cosmetic incision.
Databáze: MEDLINE